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Overview of the SEO Check

Meta information

84%

Page quality

54%

Page structure

100%

Link structure

86%

Server

54%

External factors

100%

SEO Score

SEO Score Widget

Response time

1.36 s

File size

1,609.40 kB

Words

619

Media files

Number of links

52 internal / 5 external

Task list of SEO Improvements 7 Tasks

The page is using alternate links, but has no alternate link pointing to itself.Very important!
Improve the page response time.Very important!
Review and improve the page title.Important!
The page title should be better suited to the content of the page.Important!
The H1 heading should suit better to the page content. (Words from the heading are rarely used in the text)Important!
Use good alternative descriptions (alt attributes) for your images.Important!
Promote your page in social networks.Tip!

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Meta specifications 84% achieved

Title

(Critically important)

Cardiff University International Study Centre: Study abroad in Wales

The page title should be shorter than 580 pixels. It is 609 pixels long. Optimize title

There are word repetitions in the page title.

Meta Title

Meta description

(Critically important)

Prepare for your undergraduate or postgraduate degree at Cardiff University International Study Centre and join a world-leading Russell Group university.

The length of the meta description is perfect. (943 pixels out of 1000 max pixel length)

Meta Description

Crawlability

(Critically important)

There are no problems in accessing the website.

Search Engine Crawlers

Canonical URL

(Important)

https://isc.cardiff.ac.uk/

There is a valid canonical link specified.

Canonical Tag

Language

(Somewhat important)

Language detected in text: en

Language defined in HTML: en

Server location: United States of America

The following language is defined by HTML: en

Declaring language in HTML

Alternate/Hreflang Links

(Somewhat important)

The alternate link to the page itself is missing.

Hreflang

Other meta tags

(Somewhat important)

There is no rel next meta tag on this page.

There is no rel prev meta tag on this page.

Meta Tags

Domain

(Somewhat important)

This page is hosted on a subdomain. Use a top level domain for better SEO results.

The domain does not contain non-latin characters.

Domain for SEO

Page URL

(Somewhat important)

No parameters were found in the URL.

No session ID was found in the URL.

The URL does not have too many subdirectories.

SEO-friendly URLs

Charset encoding

(Somewhat important)

The charset encoding (UTF-8) is set correctly.

Character Encoding

Doctype

(Nice to have)

The doctype HTML 5 is set correctly.

The doctype is placed at first in the HTML code.

HTML Doctype

Favicon

(Nice to have)

The favicon is linked correctly.

Favicon

Meta tags

Name	Value
viewport	width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0
google	notranslate
description	Prepare for your undergraduate or postgraduate degree at Cardiff University International Study Centre and join a world-leading Russell Group university.
keywords	Empty
google-site-verification	5OMdiS0bju2SkrySSJnzQvP1CR4isv2XrX7AZdvqqSs
baidu-site-verification	TeAR1sbCbz
next-head-count	15
lang	en
og:title	Cardiff University International Study Centre: Study abroad in Wales
og:description	Prepare for your undergraduate or postgraduate degree at Cardiff University International Study Centre and join a world-leading Russell Group university.
og:type	website
og:url	https://isc.cardiff.ac.uk/
charset	utf-8

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Page quality 54% achieved

Content

(Critically important)

Some words from the page title are not used within the pages content

Words from the H1 heading are not used in the page content.

This page contains 619 words. That's ok.

35.5% of the text are stop words.

The page contains a listing, which indicates a good text layout.

10 paragraphs were found on this page.

No placeholders texts or images were found.

There are no duplicates on the site.

The average number of words per sentence of 19.21 words is good.

Content is King

Frames

(Critically important)

This page does not use a frameset.

Frames and framesets

Mobile optimization

(Somewhat important)

No Apple touch icon is specified.

The file size of the HTML document is very large (1609.4 kB).

A viewport "width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0" is provided.

Mobile Optimization

Bold and strong tags

(Somewhat important)

The usage of strong and bold tags is perfect. We recommend the use of up to 12 tags for this page.

Strong and Bold Tags

Image SEO

(Somewhat important)

5 images have no alt attribute. The content of alt attributes is used by search engines.

Image SEO

There are only a few social sharing widgets on the page. Make your website popular in social networks with social sharing widgets.

Social Sharing

Additional markup

(Nice to have)

No additional page markup was found.

HTTPS

(Somewhat important)

This website uses HTTPS to protect privacy and integrity of the exchanged data.

All included files are also transferred via HTTPS.

HTTPS

Media list

URL	Alt attribute	Title
data:[...] Base64	Cardiff University International Study Centre
data:[...] Base64	Student sitting in newsroom studio
data:[...] Base64	Students outside laughing together
data:[...] Base64	A Cardiff student in an engineering lab
data:[...] Base64	Student smiling outside in Cardiff
data:[...] Base64	Students working on computer
data:[...] Base64	No alt attribute provided
data:[...] Base64	Trophy icon
data:[...] Base64	No alt attribute provided
data:[...] Base64	Graduate cap icon
data:[...] Base64	No alt attribute provided
data:[...] Base64	Certificate icon
data:[...] Base64	No alt attribute provided
data:[...] Base64	Briefcase icon
data:[...] Base64	Students walking outside
data:[...] Base64	Students working on computer
data:[...] Base64	Students smiling in class
data:[...] Base64	Engineering students working together in lab
data:[...] Base64	Manoj from India
data:[...] Base64	Three students walking together in Cardiff
data:[...] Base64	No alt attribute provided
data:[...] Base64	Maintained by Study Group

Page structure 100% achieved

H1 heading

(Critically important)

New International Year One in International Relations

The H1 heading is perfect.

H1-H6 headings

Headings

(Important)

The heading structure is perfect.

H1-H6 headings

Heading structure

Heading level	Content
H1	New International Year One in International Relations
H2	Accommodation is now available to book for September 2024
H2	Prepare for Success with our free online preparation course
H2	Study in Wales and build the skills for a successful future
H2	Start your career in Business at Cardiff
H2	A warm welcome awaits at Cardiff University International Study Centre
H2	Explore our programmes
H2	Where to find us
H2	Join us today
H3	Why choose Cardiff?
H3	World-leading
H3	Student experience
H3	Research excellence
H3	Graduate prospects
H3	International Foundation Year
H3	Accelerated International Foundation
H3	International Year One
H3	Pre-Master's programme
H3	Virtual campus tour

Link structure 86% achieved

Internal links

(Important)

Some internal link anchor texts are too long.

Some anchor texts are used more than once.

The number of internal links is ok.

All internal links are not using dynamic parameters.

Internal Linking

External links

(Nice to have)

There are 5 external links on this page.

External Links

Found links on this page

Link	Attributes	Anchor text
https://isc.cardiff.ac.uk/zh	New window Subdomain	中文
https://isc.cardiff.ac.uk/		IMG-ALT Cardiff University International Study Centre
https://isc.cardiff.ac.uk/		International Study Centre
/international-study-centre		Cardiff International Study Centre
/international-study-centre/ab...		About Cardiff University
/international-study-centre/st...		Student life
/international-study-centre/st...		Accommodation
/international-study-centre/ca...		Career skills & employability
/programmes		Programmes
/programmes/ug		Undergraduate
/programmes/ug/international-f...		International Foundation Year
/programmes/ug/accelerated-int...		Accelerated International Foundation
/programmes/ug/international-y...		International Year One
/programmes/ug/subjects		Undergraduate subjects
/programmes/pg		Postgraduate
/programmes/pg/pre-masters		Pre-Master's
/programmes/pg/subjects		Postgraduate subjects
/programmes/english-language-c...		English Language Preparation
/programmes/prepare-for-success		Prepare for Success
/programmes/enhanced-induction		Enhanced Induction
/how-to-apply		How to apply
/how-to-apply/entry-requirements		Entry requirements
/how-to-apply/fees		Fees, accommodation and living costs
/how-to-apply/fees/how-to-pay		How to confirm
/how-to-apply/semester-dates		Semester dates
/how-to-apply/visa-information		Visa information
/how-to-apply/pre-arrival		Before you arrive
/how-to-apply/pre-arrival/join-us		Join us on campus
/apply-now/apply-form		Apply now
/contact-us		Enquire now
/programmes/ug/international-y...		Find out more
/international-study-centre/st...	Text duplicate	Find out more
/programmes/prepare-for-success	Text duplicate	Find out more
/apply-now/apply-form	Text duplicate	Apply now
/programmes		Our programmes
/programmes/ug/international-f...		International Foundation Year The International Foundation Year is a route to an undergraduate degree at Cardiff University. Choose from a number of subject ... IMG-ALT Students walking outside
/programmes/ug/accelerated-int...		Accelerated International Foundation Our Accelerated International Foundation is an intensive, 22-week course designed to help you progress to the undergradu... IMG-ALT Students working on computer
/programmes/ug/international-y...		International Year One Equivalent to the first year of this degree, an undergraduate programme provides extra English language and academic support so you ca... IMG-ALT Students smiling in class
/programmes/pg/pre-masters		Pre-Master's programme Our Pre-Master's programme helps you get ready for postgraduate study at Cardiff University, with a combination of English language tu... IMG-ALT Engineering students working together in lab
/international-study-centre/ab...		Wales, one of the four countries that make up the UK
https://virtualtour.cardiff.ac...	New window External Subdomain	Start the tour
/apply-now/apply-form	Text duplicate	Apply now
/contact-us	Text duplicate	Enquire now
/contact-us		Contact us
/prospectus		Prospectus
https://isc.cardiff.ac.uk/blog		Blog
/terms-and-conditions		Terms and conditions
/privacy-policy		Privacy policy
https://isc.cardiff.ac.uk/sitemap		Sitemap
https://www.facebook.com/Cardi...	New window External Subdomain	No Text
https://www.instagram.com/card...	New window External Subdomain	No Text
https://www.youtube.com/channe...	New window External Subdomain	No Text
https://www.studygroup.com/	New window External Subdomain	IMG-ALT Maintained by Study Group
/programmes/ug	Text duplicate	Undergraduate
/programmes/pg	Text duplicate	Postgraduate
/contact-us	Text duplicate	Enquire now
/apply-now/apply-form	Text duplicate	Apply now

Server configuration 54% achieved

HTTP redirects

(Critically important)

This page redirects to "https://isc.cardiff.ac.uk/"

WWW Redirect

HTTP header

(Important)

No X-Powered HTTP header is sent.

This page uses GZip for compressed data transmission.

HTTP headers

Performance

(Somewhat important)

The page response time is slow (1.36 seconds). The response time should be less than 0.4 seconds. Slow websites are bad for search engine bots and also result in bad user experience.

The file size of the HTML document is very large (1,609 kB).

Page Speed

HTTP Response Header

Name	Value
content-type	text/html; charset=utf-8
x-nextjs-cache	HIT
etag	W/"u6vvf1f7m7zb7n"
content-encoding	gzip
expires	Mon, 22 Apr 2024 14:23:26 GMT
cache-control	max-age=0, no-cache, no-store
pragma	no-cache
date	Mon, 22 Apr 2024 14:23:26 GMT
vary	Accept-Encoding
statuscode	200
http_version	HTTP/2

External factors 100% achieved

Blacklists

(Nice to have)

This website is not classified "for adult only".

Blacklist

Backlinks

(Critically important)

This website has excellent links from other websites.

This page has backlinks from 202 referring domains.

This page has 6,330 backlinks.

This page has backlinks from 161 different ip addresses.

Backlinks

Facebook popularity

(Somewhat important)

The page has 0 shares and comments on Facebook.

Links from Wikipedia

No links from Wikipedia were found.

Robots.txt

User-agent: *


Disallow: /engineering$
Disallow: /business$
Disallow: /biosciences$
Disallow: /pathways$
Disallow: /university-referrals$
Disallow: /ask-a-friend$
Disallow: /yourfuture$






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Cardiff University International Study Centre: Study abroad in Wales

Prepare for your undergraduate or postgraduate degree at Cardiff University International Study Centre and join a world-leading Russell Group university.

Most important keywords

Following keywords were found. You can check the keyword optimization of this page for each keyword.

Keyword	Result	Recheck
International	84%	Check
Cardiff	79%	Check
International Study	76%	Check
Cardiff University International	76%	Check
Cardiff University International Study	74%	Check
Cardiff University	73%	Check
International Study Centre	73%	Check
University International Study Centre	72%	Check
Study	66%	Check
International Year One	64%	Check
University	63%	Check
International Foundation	63%	Check
Centre	62%	Check
International Foundation Year	60%	Check
World University	59%	Check
Accelerated International Foundation	56%	Check
world	55%	Check
World-leading	55%	Check
Year	54%	Check
One	54%	Check
Join us	54%	Check
New	52%	Check
Prepare	50%	Check
Join	50%	Check
Relations	50%	Check

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Isc.cardiff.ac.uk - SEO Checker

Task list of SEO Improvements 7 Tasks

Meta specifications 84% achieved

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Page quality 54% achieved

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Page structure 100% achieved

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Heading structure

Link structure 86% achieved

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Server configuration 54% achieved

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External factors 100% achieved

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